1992 Chevy Truck Stalling Problem Diagnosis and Repair
I have an old C2500 1992 Chevy Truck. It’s paid for and it’s tough enough to do most things. With it’s 5 speed and throttle body injection, I can get close to 20 mpg out of it. So, when it’s broke down, I am not happy. For a long time, this truck has had a major stalling problem that nobody could figure out.
- My Old Chevy Truck
The truck would run just fine, then out of nowhere, it would stall. Sometimes it would start up, other times you had to wait about 10 minutes to try it again. No matter what, it couldn’t hold a low idle when the engine was warm.
Nobody could figure out what was wrong. I tried the Internet and the suggestions others had posted. New fuel filters, spark plugs, fuel cleaners, new throttle body sensors, and anything else that made sense. Now that winter is coming on, I want my truck! The motorcycle is getting cold and I’ve passed up oppurtunites for free firewood.
I took the truck to a mechanic and the correct diagnosis of a bad distributor was made! It’s still running rough because it needs a new rotor, rotor cap and plug wires. It was a pricey fix – $300, but I’m willing to pay for someone who was smart enough to know what was wrong. He told me he just looked at all the corrosion in the distributor and knew what the problem was. Also, spraying some water around the motor killed it immediately. Lesson learned. Nobody even suggested the water trick to me, so I was happy to get the tip.
If you’re having similar problems, I hope this post helps. I could have did this repair for less than half of their cost on my own. Contact me if you have any questions I can help with. As Red Green says, “Remember, we’re all in this together.”
Old Ford Gran Torino
Old Ford Gran Torino.
Bad photography, I know, but good enough to get the point across. This was a cool car. I believe it’s a 1968 Torino, but it could be an old Mercury. Fords were never my favorite, but they made some nice looking cars in this era. I didn’t want to bother the owners, so I took the picture from quite a distance.
When I was a teenager, I had a friend’s Dad that had a Cobra Jet similar to this. I remember it being an odd looking muscle car, but very cool. With the sloped back window, I guess they figured that forward movement was all that mattered. There’s no way you could see much, but it sure looked cool.
As for the photography, I’m trying to learn a new camera. I’m not doing to well with low light conditions like this. I have to master the noise levels yet. The noise is all those purple speckles you see when you look very close. It’s a common condition for digital cameras, but this one is worse than most. I may have to resort to spending money on software that corrects the problem.
